{{short description|American journalist}}

{{Infobox pageant titleholder | name=Jill Dobson | title=[[Miss Michigan USA|Miss Michigan USA 2000]] | nationalcompetition=[[Miss USA 2000]]<br />(Top 10) | birth_date={{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1977|11|8}} | caption=Dobson in 2018 | birth_place=[[Quincy, Michigan]], U.S. | alma_mater = [[Troy University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Michigan State University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]]) | photo=Jill Dobson.jpg | birth_name=Jill Susan Dobson | spouse={{marriage|Jim Ornstein|2006}} | children=2 | eye_color=[[Eye color#Blue|Blue]] | hair_color=[[Blond]]e }}

'''Jillian Susan Dobson''' (born 8 November 1977) is an American [[journalist]] and [[former]] beauty pageant titleholder. She has been covering entertainment for the [[Associated Press]] since early 2016, and is a contributor for [[CBS]]'s ''[[The Early Show]]'' and [[HLN (TV channel)|HLN]]. She also is a former television entertainment [[correspondent]] for the [[Fox News Channel]].

==Biography== Dobson received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[journalism]] ''[[summa cum laude]]'' from [[Troy University]] in 1998 and an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in journalism from [[Michigan State University]] in 2001.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2011-01-21|title=Former Kalamazoo TV reporter Jill Dobson on premiere of 'Onion News Network'|url=https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/2011/01/former_kalamazoo_tv_reporter_j.html|access-date=2021-02-16|website=mlive|language=en}}</ref> After graduation, she interned at Fox News in the Fall of 2001, starting on September 7, 2001 and interviewed rescue workers at Ground Zero in the [[September 11th attacks]] on the World Trade Center in 2001.

She won the [[Miss Michigan USA]] 2000 title in 1999 and competed in the [[Miss USA 2000]] pageant, where she placed in the top ten.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FOXNews.com - Miss New Jersey Gives Up Crown Due to Pregnancy - John Gibson {{!}} Judge Napolitano {{!}} John Gibson {{!}} Big Story Weekend |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,244039,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121061728/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,244039,00.html |archive-date=2007-01-21 |access-date=2026-02-11 |website=www.foxnews.com |language=en}}</ref>

Dobson began her career at [[WLNS]] (CBS) in [[Lansing, Michigan]], where she was a General Assignment Reporter. From June 2002 to 2004 Dobson worked for [[WWMT]] Channel 3 in [[Kalamazoo]]. In 2004 she moved to New York where she found work as a correspondent, including [[News 12 Long Island]]. She was also a freelance reporter for E! News in July 2004. In June 2006, Dobson became News & Style Editor at Large, the television spokesperson, for ''[[Star (magazine)|Star]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=mediabistro.com: FishbowlNY |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/magazines/american_media_inc_hires_new_face_of_star_38934.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629193245/http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/magazines/american_media_inc_hires_new_face_of_star_38934.asp |archive-date=2007-06-29 |access-date=2026-02-11 |website=www.mediabistro.com}}</ref>

Dobson was hired for Fox News in July 2007 as an entertainment correspondent. She was a regular correspondent on Fox's morning show [[Fox & Friends]], as well as Fox News prime time talk programs, including ''[[Hannity and Colmes]]'', [[Hannity]], and the ''[[O'Reilly Factor]]'', as well as other Fox shows including ''[[The Live Desk (U.S. TV program)|The Live Desk]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jill Dobson|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1874304/|access-date=2021-02-16|website=IMDb}}</ref> She has also covered several red carpet events like the famed [[Oscars]] in Los Angeles. After the introduction of the Strategy Room web programing, she hosted the Monday through Friday "Entertainment Hour." On July 16, 2010, Dobson's contract with Fox expired. Dobson cited Fox News's move away from entertainment reporting and the resulting declining amount of screen time as the reason she wanted to leave the network.<ref name=":0" /> She continues to be a regular guest-panelist on Fox's late-night satire show ''[[Red Eye (talk show)|Red Eye]]'' and guest-hosted the June 18, 2010 episode. Dobson plays entertainment correspondent Madison Daly on the [[Onion News Network]] which premiered on January 21, 2011, at 9:00&nbsp;p.m. CST on [[Independent Film Channel|IFC]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bershad |first=Jon |date=2011-01-25 |title=Jill Dobson {{!}} Onion News Network {{!}} Onion Cast |url=https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/one-of-onion-news-networks-best-tricks-hiring-actual-anchors-as-actors/ |access-date=2026-02-11 |website=Mediaite |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal== Dobson has been married to William Morris agent Jim Ornstein since June 3, 2006.<ref name=":0" /> On the June 3, 2011 episode of ''Red Eye'', Dobson announced she was pregnant. In the summer on 2012, she gave birth to a healthy baby girl named Elle and has an {{age|2011|10|01}}-year-old boy named Shane.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

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==External links== * [http://www.thejilldobsonshow.com The Jill Dobson Show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527101410/http://www.thejilldobsonshow.com/ |date=2011-05-27 }} * [https://twitter.com/jilldobson Twitter feed] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071114154728/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308222,00.html Bio on FOXNews.com] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071209192006/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308222,00.html Bio on FOXNews.com] * [http://homepage.mac.com/mkoldys/blog/user_files/dobson.pdf]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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